Touring International

[Earl]

Not sure if anyone else would want them. haha

[DER E30]

One would go amazingly with this...



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I need one of those...

[Earl]

I actually was in touch with them about getting one about two years ago. Their machinist left and that ended up making production of them dead in the water. A year or so ago I inquired about it again, but didn't get a response.

[DER E30]

I actually was in touch with them about getting one about two years ago. Their machinist left and that ended up making production of them dead in the water. A year or so ago I inquired about it again, but didn't get a response.

That sucks...

[Earl]

Didn't get much of anything done on the compact this weekend but I do have pictures.

My friend wasn't able to make it out to work on the bay so I decided to just quick stop by Sunday.

I got this guy installed:



I also rounded up a few things I want to get powdercoated:





The dust shields are coming off of the knuckles because they are shot and I won't have much use for them=)

I also took some pictures of being aired out on the 15's. It just looks funny with how sunk they are.





Oh, and Saturday I spent the day ridding my prelude of idle surge and put in a new PCV valve and valve cover.

Driving home Sunday night a semi decided he would be so kind as to run me off the road into construction barrels. It still runs and drives, but needs some electrical fixed and I am on the hunt for a fender and bumper (w/fogs and turn signals)

[Earl]

I stopped out at the shop Sunday hoping to do a bit of work but it was way too cold. I grabbed my calipers and front knuckles to pull apart at work this week.

I am in the middle of breaking down the knuckles and will be doing the calipers sometime this week. The 46mm nut on the knuckles is going to be a fun one. It is supposed to be on at 221 ft/lbs.

I am breaking this all down in preparation for powder and new hubs. I need to find some rebuild kits for the calipers since I am splitting them. Has anyone found a good place? I have been told Autozone and will be calling them after work for pricing.

[244Brick]

You it's like -6 there right now...

[frink84]

Has anyone found a good place? I have been told Autozone and will be calling them after work for pricing.

i tend to go with rockauto.com if i cant find it for cheaper local.

[Earl]

I started with the knuckles by removing my Motorsport Hardware studs.





As you can see, they have been around the block a few times.

I then tapped the safety tab out on the nuts and removed them.




The inner race was left behind.



I thought it would be hard to remove but I was able to slide it off with two screwdrivers underneath.

I removed my ABS sensors next since the ABS is deleted.



I also removed the dust shields and threw them in the trash.



They were now ready for some cleaning.



I taped up the spindles to keep them from being damaged by the sandblasting.



I then got them as clean as I could and ready for powder.





The next thing to tackle are disassembling and prepping the calipers and carriers.

[Earl]

I started yesterday but removing my old front lines, all of the pads, and then the carriers.






I will be removing the pistons from the calipers today. Yesterday I couldn't find a rubber tipped air nozzle to be able to blow them out with compressed air.

I got the carriers all cleaned up and ready for powder too.




I looked into the pricing for the carrier bushings, carrier guides, anti-rattle clips, bleeders, and new mounting bolts and was blown away.

It is about $200 to buy sets for both the front and the back. There are brass carrier bushings that end up costing almost $20 less when getting everything else. They take away the side to side give that the rubber bushings have, making the pads wear flatter under hard braking. They aren't really neccessary for me since I won't be pushing my brakes to the limit, but I am not sure if it will hurt upgrading to them to cut down on cost. In my head upgrading sounds like it makes sense instead of paying more for factory bushings.

Has anyone ran brass carrier bushings on their calipers? This is turning into an overpriced nightmare=P

[Earl]

I started yesterday by rounding up a rubber tipped air nozzle. I got the pistons to pop right out.



I saw how nasty the face of the pistons were so I figured they could use some cleaning up.




Only one has a good bit of corrosion.



I think it should be fine since I wasn't having any issues with it before rebuilding these.

I dropped the caliper bodies in the parts cleaner yesterday to get all of the brake fluid out of the bore. I then stopped by the hardware store last night and grabbed some rubber plugs to block off the holes for the piston and brake line while they get sandblasted/powdercoated. I should be able to get them nice and clean by the end of today=)

[244Brick]

Man, i love your work.. hows the hand now?

[Earl]

It just needs strengthening=) All restrictions have been off for a week.

[Earl]

I managed to finish cleaning up the calipers today.





I can't wait to see them satin black =)

I will be out at the shop Saturday. My buddy Kyle will be making it out and I am hoping to accomplish something.

[Chasen88]

This thing makes me want a TI